Organs: Spleen (yin) & Stomach (yang)

Emotions: worry, over thinking, 

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Flavor: Sweet

Color: Yellow, orange, and brown

Connecting to: muscles,  mouth & lips

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CYCLES

Seasonal Cycle: Late Summer/ Early Autumn

Phase in the Menstrual Cycle: Early Luteal (days 15-21 of a 28-day cycle), space between each phase

Lunar Cycle: Waning Gibbous Moon

Cycle of Day: Mid afternoon, Early evening

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Human Life Cycle: Middle Years- a time of stabilization and the creation of home, family, livelihood, and community

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Stage in the Manifestation Process: Assimilation, gratitude, receiving

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Yoga Asana: Standing poses, lunges, belly down backbends, twists

Healing breath: Hu (whooo)

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Grounding meditation here

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Balanced: calm, good memory, objective, organized, concentration/ focus, loyal, easily gives & receives nurturing, open to change, strong digestion (food & sensory intake), forms healthy boundaries

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Earth in Deficiency: fatigue, weak muscles, dry lips & skin, bad breath, loose stools, craving sugar, poor appetite, mental spaciness, loneliness

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Earth in Excess: heavy feeling in head or limbs, dull headache, sinus congestion, constipation, worry, clutter, over thinking, attachment

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Direction & energetic Flow: the middle, encompasses the whole

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Hours: 7-9 am Stomach (Breakfast, good concentration, walk, yoga); 9-11 am Spleen (Clear thinking, most productive, food converted to Qi)

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Process: Managing abundance, Assimilation, stabilizing, digesting & processing, balance, harvesting the fruits of our labors

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Earth & Food: Eating regular meals, eating calmly, chewing completely, don't eat late at night (at least 3 hours before bed), food should be cooked (raw and cold foods are hard to digest), drink beverages at room temp or warmer

 

Sweet Foods: Grains, potatoes & sweet potatoes, beans, nuts, apples, apricots, cherries, corn, dates, figs, beets, carrots, squash, coconuts, licorice, ginseng

Refined and processed sugars weaken the spleen

 

Balanced lifestyle: Regularity & routine, sufficient amounts of work and rest, balanced mental & emotional habits, avoiding overindulgence 

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Elemental Spirit: Yi- intellect